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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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1. That of those women and children in Nehemiah, it is said in the same place, They were of understanding. Vers. 28. Every ⟨p. 42⟩one having knowledge, and having understanding; Vers. 29. They […] unto their Brethren, their Nobles, and entered into a curse, &c.
1. That of those women and children in Nehemiah, it is said in the same place, They were of understanding. Vers. 28. Every ⟨p. 42⟩one having knowledge, and having understanding; Vers. 29. They 〈…〉 unto their Brethren, their Nobles, and entred into a curse, &c.
2. That there is a great difference between the Laws and Statutes to which they sware, and this Government and Discipl•• to which we sware in this Covenant. Those Laws and Statutes were ordained immediately of God himself; and therefore being infallibly right; unquestionably, holy, and just, and good; Josiah and the people might lawfully sware observance to them with an implicit faith; but not so in a Government and D•••••pline set up by man, by a Church (be it never so pure and holy) for their light being but a borrowed light, and they not privileged with an infallible spirit (as the Apostles) their Resolutions and Ordinances may be liable to mistake and error; and therefore, to sware observance to them by an implicit faith, is more then comes to their share, and as unwarrantable as it is unsafe for a people or person to do, who are yet ignorant or unsatisfied in the whole, or in any particular.
2. That there is a great difference between the Laws and Statutes to which they sware, and this Government and Discipl•• to which we sware in this Covenant. Those Laws and Statutes were ordained immediately of God himself; and therefore being insallibly right; unquestionably, holy, and just, and good; Jsiah and the people might lawfully sware observance to them with an implicite faith; but not so in a Government and Dpline set up by man, by a Church (be it never so pure and holy) for their light being but a borrowed light, and they not priviledged with an infallible spirit (as the Apostles) their Resolations and Ordinances may be lyable to mistake and errour; and therefore, to sware observance to them by an implicite faith, is more then comes to their share, and as unwarrantable as it is unsafe for a people or person to do, who are yet ignorant or unsatisfied in the whole, or in any particular.